diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index 3de7b1a..e83ed4c 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 rec {
   all = [
     scripts
-    sway
     themes
     new-packages
     patches
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ rec {
 
   scripts = (import ../scripts);
 
-  sway = (import ./sway.nix);
-
   themes = (
     final: prev: {
       papirus_red = (final.papirus-icon-theme.override { color = "red"; });
diff --git a/overlays/sway.nix b/overlays/sway.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d8d5e..0000000
--- a/overlays/sway.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-(pkgs: _: {
-  # bash script to let dbus know about important env variables and
-  # propogate them to relevent services run at the end of sway config
-  # see
-  # https://github.com/emersion/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/wiki/"It-doesn't-work"-Troubleshooting-Checklist
-  # note: this is pretty much the same as  /etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf but also restarts
-  # some user services to make sure they have the correct environment variables
-  dbus-sway-environment = pkgs.writeTextFile {
-    name = "dbus-sway-environment";
-    destination = "/bin/dbus-sway-environment";
-    executable = true;
-    text = ''
-      systemctl --user import-environment
-      dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway SWAYSOCK
-      # systemctl --user stop pipewire wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
-      # systemctl --user start pipewire wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
-    '';
-  };
-})
diff --git a/system/greetd.nix b/system/greetd.nix
index b152c72..2b5f22f 100644
--- a/system/greetd.nix
+++ b/system/greetd.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ in
     services.greetd =
       let
         greetd_main_script = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "main" ''
-          ${pkgs.dbus-sway-environment}/bin/dbus-sway-environment
           export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway GTK_THEME="${theme.gtk_theme}" XCURSOR_THEME="${theme.cursor_theme}"
           ${pkgs.greetd.gtkgreet}/bin/gtkgreet -l -c ${desktop}
           swaymsg exit
diff --git a/user/sway/default.nix b/user/sway/default.nix
index 0ad5a6b..988453d 100644
--- a/user/sway/default.nix
+++ b/user/sway/default.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ in
       };
       extraConfig = ''
         for_window [title=.*] inhibit_idle fullscreen
-        exec ${pkgs.dbus-sway-environment}/bin/dbus-sway-environment
         exec swaymsg workspace 2
         exec_always systemctl --user restart waybar.service
         exec corectrl --minimize-systray